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(No Model.)

S. KRAUS.

PEN HOLDER.

10.267,545.' Patented Nov. 14; 1882.-V

M 3y his Afforney N. PETERS, Plwwmrwgnplwr, wasninglem D. C.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL KRAUS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO JOSEPH REOKEN- DORFER, OFSAME PLAGE.

PEN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,545, dated November14, 1882.

Application filed June 3, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, SAMUEL Knaus, ofthe city,county, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in PenHolders, of which the following is a specication.

My invention 'may be stated to consist of a pen-holder whose barrel ismade of wood. A pen-holder having this characteristic is shown in theaccompanying drawing in illustration of my invention. Y

The drawing represents the pen-holder in longitudinal central section,mounted on a handle ot' ordinary make.

A is the barrel of the pen-holder. It is made of wood, which, bymachinery, is reduced to theproper external configuration, and is boredout, so as to receive at one end the usual tip, B, and so as t0 be'capable of iitting at the other end upon an ordinary handle, O. Itmay bebored entirely through, so as to be tubular from'end to end, or it maybe bored part way from each end, but not entirely through. The latterconstruction is shown in the drawing. At each end it is re-euforced by aband or ferrule, a, of thin metal or other suitablematerial, with a viewto remove all liability ot' its split ting.

rlhe pen-holder can be finished externally in any'desired way. The woodmay be left in its natural state, or it can be polished,varnished,painted, or enameled, as desired.

A pen-holder oi' this kind possesses many and decided advantages overothers heretofore in use.

Theord inary pen-holder in the marketi's made ot" metal. The advantageswhich. my penholder possesses over the metal pen-holder are as follows:It is much cheaper and more easily made, the expense of manufacturebeingabout one-third that of the metal pen-holder. The weight is muchless; a pen-holder made on my plan is perceptibly lighter than the metalone.

Itis wellknown that continued use of metal penholders injuriouslyai'ects in many cases the nerves of the fingers and hand, so much sothat various attempts have from time to time been made to remove thisobjection by enameling the metal or by covering it with rubberorsornecomposition. Wypen-holderisentirely free from this objection.Furthermore, I can, without increase of cost, make my peu-holder ofirregular shape external] y,with, torin stance, a. swell in the center,or with enlargements at any desired point or points. This is notfeasible with metal pen-holders, except with such an increase in cost ofproduction as to virtually put the pen-holder out of the market.

l am aware that pen handles and holders havebeen made in one piece fromwood, hard rubber, and the like; but my invention is distinct fromthese. new pen-holder,which is adapted for use with any handle, and canbe removed and replaced and used just as an ordinary pen-holder can be,and which can be substituted for the ordinary metal peu-holder upon anyof the penhandles now in the market.

lVhat I claim as new and of my invention 1 As a new article ot'manufacture, a penholder the barrel of which is made of wood, formed andadapted to receive a handle, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

2. The wooden pen-holder barrel formed and adapted to receive a handleand re-enforced at v the tip and handle ends by a band or ferrule,

substantially as hereinbefore set forth.u

In testimony Whereofl have hereunto set my hand this 31st day ot' May,1882.

SAMUEL KRAUS. Witnesses:

LEOPOLD ANSBACHER, P. B. DoING.

Vhatl have devised is a

